New York's AG is investigating Equifax after 143 million Social Security numbers were exposed in a hack

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Friday that he’s investigating the Equifax hack, in which 143 million people’s personal information was compromised.

Equifax, a company that provides credit scores, on Thursday said the details potentially accessed by hackers from mid-May to July included names, Social Security numbers, some credit-card numbers, and personal documents. That includes some 8 million New Yorkers, Schneiderman said in a release.

“The Equifax breach has potentially exposed sensitive personal information of nearly everyone with a credit report, and my office intends to get to the bottom of how and why this massive hack occurred,” Schneiderman said in a news release. “I encourage all New Yorkers to immediately call Equifax to see if their data was compromised and to consider additional measures to protect themselves.”